Common Man Quotes

131 Common Man quotes by 108 unique authors

Greatness is always built on this foundation: the ability to appear, speak and act, as the most common man. — Hafez
The imperative need of this nation at all times is the leadership of Uncommon Men or Women. — Herbert Hoover
It isn't the common man at all who is important: it's the uncommon man. — Nancy Astor
It is not the fault of the entrepreneurs that the consumers,the people, the common man,prefer liquor to Bibles and detective stories to serious books, and… — Ludwig von Mises
In times of uncertainty there is a special breed of warrior ready to answer our Nation’s call; a common man with uncommon desire to succeed.… — Marcus Luttrell
The American Fascists are most easily recognized by their deliberate perversion of truth and fact.... They cultivate hate and distrust of both Britain and Russia.… — Henry A. Wallace
I have no concern for the common man except that he should not be so common. — Angus Wilson
The life and liberty and property and happiness of the common man throughout the world are at the absolute mercy of a few persons whom… — Gilbert Murray
Many heroic exploits and chivalrous adventures are related to me which exist only in the regions of fancy. With me the world has taken great… — Daniel Boone
When the bell tolls three times, it will announce that I have been killed. If I am killed by common men, you and your children… — Grigori Rasputin
For I have dipped my hands in muddied waters, and, withdrawing them, find 'tis better to be a commander than a common man! — Bartholomew Roberts
For Star Trek proves, as faulty as individual episodes could be, is that the much-maligned common man and common woman has an enormous hunger for… — Gene Roddenberry
Common man has at long last got himself so far out of gear with nature and his environment that he is beginning to see the… — Philip Wylie
I definitely try to play a common man in my roles so people can identify with my characters, but the truth of the matter is… — Zach Braff
The greatest service we can do the common man is to abolish him and make all men uncommon. — Norman Angell
I am the common man. I'm polite, I love my family and I play by the rules. And sometimes I get pushed around. That's my… — Eugene Levy
No organization can depend on genius; the supply is always scarce and unreliable. It is the test of an organization to make ordinary human beings… — Peter Drucker
Success is uncommon and not to be enjoyed by the common man. Â I'm looking for uncommon people because we want to be successful, not… — Tony Dungy
And it is a very beautiful idea, and possibly true, that a common man from Stratford with a common education was able to write these… — Mark Rylance
Great men are but common men more fully developed and ripened. — Orison Swett Marden
Blessings we enjoy daily, and for the most of them, because they be so common, men forget to pay their praises. [and miss much of… — Izaak Walton
Where is your ancient courage? You were used to say extremities was the trier of spirits; That common chances common men could bear; That when… — William Shakespeare
Greatness, generally speaking, is an unusual quantity of a usual quality grafted upon a common man. — William Allen White
The commander of the forces of a large State may be carried off, but the will of even a common man cannot be taken from… — Confucius
I understand the common man because I understand me in that regard at least. — Vince McMahon

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